The 7th ed. (2022) of the ASA manual is the most current edition in use.
ASA Style Guide by Gabriel, Norman. 2017. The Sociology of Early Childhood: Critical Perspectives. Los Angeles: Sage.
NOTE: Only use a state abbreviation if the city name is not clear. For example, Los Angeles is well known, therefore do not include CA for California.
Featherstone, Mark, ed. 2021. The Sociology of Debt. Bristol, UK: Policy Press.
Myers, Jr., Samuel L. 2017. "What Have We Learned About Incarceration and Race? Lessons From Thirty Years of
Research." Pp. 111-21 in Policing and Race in America: Economic, Political, and Social Dynamics, edited by
James D. Ward, Jared Ellison, Maria J. Albo, Britt S. Aliperti, Christine Barrow, Domonic Bearfield, Sharlene
Graham Boltz, et al. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
NOTE: List all authors/editors up to 10. For more than 10, list the first 7 followed by et al.
NOTE: Magazine, journal, and newspaper articles found in print or online follow the basic format with a few exceptions noted below.
Elsayyed, Haya. 2024. "I escaped Gaza and sent my family to Egypt. Now, my goal is to reunite with them in
Canada." Maclean's 137(9): 90.
NOTE: Include the volume and issue numbers if they are available.
Stevenson, Alexandra, and Zixu Wang. 2024. "China Told Women to Have Babies, but Its Population Shrank
Again." New York Times, January 16. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/16/business/china-birth-rate-2023.html.
NOTE: Include the URL when using a newspaper or magazine article found online.
Rejaän, Zoë, Inge E. van der Valk, and Susan Branje. 2024. "Adolescents' Belonging in Post-Divorce Families:
Examining Residential and Digital Contact with Mothers and Fathers." Journal of Research on Adolescence
34(2): 568-83. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12920.
NOTE: Include the DOI (digital object identifier) when it is available.
NOTE: For articles published online before the official publication date (e.g. these will be labeled "published online" or "online first" or "pre-pub" or "early view"), use the posted publication date. These also will generally not yet have a designated volume or issue number, but they will have a DOI.
Example
Vitikainen, Annamari, and Patti Tamara Lenard. 2024. "The Role of Trust in LGBTQ+ Refugee Status Determination (RSD)
System." Journal of Social Philosophy, first published on November 3, 2024 as https://doi.org/10.1111/josp.12596.
